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Table of Contents
Program 7
Mission & History 8
Message from the Executive Director 12
BizGrow’s 20th Anniversary 14
Founders’ Award 18
Keeper of the Flame Award 23
BizGrow Founders & VIPs 32
Diversity in the Legal Profession 33
Sponsors & Supporters 34
Timeline & Case History 38
Leave a Legacy 49
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20 years of growth and achievements of support the important work
LAWYERS FOR of Lawyers for Civil Rights.
CIVIL RIGHTS BOSTON.
Congratulations to LCR on the
We proudly support the
2021 CIVIL RIGHTS RECEPTION. 20th Anniversary of Bizgrow.
Congratulations to the event honoree and harborone.com
President of Eastern Bank, Quincy Miller.
His leadership in supporting small businesses
and promoting economic mobility and
inclusion, inspires us all.
Member FDIC Member FDIC. Member DIF.
Program
Latin Jazz Introduction of Keeper
Jose Allende of the Flame Honoree
LCR | BizGrow Client Linda Davidson
Board Member
The BizGrow Cocktail
Lauren Sampson Honoree Remarks
LCR Segun Idowu
BECMA
Welcome Remarks
Lisa Pirozzolo & Executive Director’s
Inez Friedman-Boyce Remarks
Board Co-Chairs Iván Espinoza-Madrigal
LCR
BizGrow’s 20th Anniversary
Priya Lane Closing Remarks
LCR | BizGrow Director Jenny Rikoski & Colin Van Dyke
Board Members
Introduction of Founders’
Award Honoree
David Bowman
LCR Board Member
Honoree Remarks
Quincy Miller
Eastern Bank
The BizGrow Cocktail
Learn how to make your own BizGrow
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Mission & History
Lawyers for Civil Rights fosters equal opportunity and fights Over the years, our organization has also grown, adding
discrimination on behalf of people of color and immigrants. new projects and initiatives to respond to the changing face of
We engage in creative and courageous legal action, discrimination. While working closely with an ever-increasing
education, and advocacy in collaboration with law firms and number of diverse community partners, we remain true
community partners. Our organization is a leading hub for to our core mission to challenge and eradicate all forms
litigation, advocacy, and resistance to discrimination. of discrimination.
Our organization was founded in 1968 in the midst of In 2018, we celebrated our 50th anniversary and we also
riots, the aftermath of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther rebranded. The U.S. Congress marked this landmark occasion
King, Jr., and the findings of the Kerner Commission report with a Congressional Resolution honoring our organization and
concluding that the nation was “moving toward two societies. 50 years of impactful work. The Boston City Council also issued
One black, one white – separate and unequal.” a resolution declaring October 18 as Civil Rights and Economic
With funding and pro bono legal services contributed Justice Day in Boston.
by Boston law firms, the organization became the first of The struggle continues, but the future is bright. Lawyers
eight independently funded and governed local affiliates of the for Civil Rights will continue advancing justice and equality for
Washington, D.C.-based Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights decades to come.
Under Law, a national organization formed at the request of
President John F. Kennedy to enlist the private bar in provid-
ing free legal representation to address racial discrimination.
In 1973, we became the first pro bono project of the
Boston Bar Association (BBA) and the only Lawyers’
Committee in the country directly connected with a major
bar association. Although the organization is now separately
incorporated with its own 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, we
continue to maintain strong ties to the BBA and the private
bar in Boston. “It is not enough to be
Membership by private law firms still forms the working
foundation of our organization. Member law firms fund non-racist, we must
a significant part of our annual operating expenses and
provide millions of dollars in pro bono legal services be anti-racist.”
by working closely with the organization. In this way, for
decades, we have harnessed the resources and talent of
Boston’s leading law firms to secure and protect the civil
rights of Massachusetts residents. Angela Davis
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Congratulations to Quincy Miller,
President of Eastern Bank and to
Lawyers for Civil Rights
for their 20th Anniversary of
BizGrow. We are proud to work
alongside all of you to promote
equal opportunity and to fight
discrimination.
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Message from the
Executive Director
LCR is Boston’s hub for racial and economic justice. As legal Every day, we’re bringing people together to make
first responders at a time when many doors are closing, we are positive change. Our clients now have hope and believe there
opening ours wider. BizGrow is now supporting more than 1000 is opportunity ahead. Still, there is much more work to be
entrepreneurs annually. We’re well-positioned to help promote done. Your continued support fuels our life-changing work
equitable post-pandemic community revitalization. providing free legal support to communities of color, immigrant
Injustice doesn’t take a break—and neither do we. That’s communities, and low-income communities. Thank you for
why in addition to a substantial body of small business helping us create a world full of equality and justice.
work, we continue to fight for justice for people of color and
immigrants.
We’re fighting for justice for Boston’s own George Floyd:
Terrence Coleman, an unarmed young Black man who was
fatally shot when his mother called 911 for assistance to get her
son to the hospital for mental health treatment.
We’re fighting for justice for immigrants so they can have
access to COVID-19 vaccines.
We’re fighting for justice for all our communities.
The pandemic makes it even more critical than ever to
shine the spotlight on visionaries who are leading by example
on racial justice, diversity and equity. Today, we are proud to
honor Eastern Bank’s Quincy Miller for his leadership on
inclusion and community engagement. Now more than ever,
corporate leadership on issues of race, diversity, and inclusion
is essential to help address systemic and structural racism.
We’re also proud to honor Segun Idowu and his inspiring
team at the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts
(BECMA) for advancing the economic well-being of people Iván Espinoza-Madrigal
across the Commonwealth. Lawyers for Civil Rights
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In 2016, we launched our “Create Your Own Job” workshop
BizGrow’s 20th series in partnership with Roxbury Community College
(RCC). This unique 10-week seminar, held at RCC’s campus,
Anniversary provides the surrounding community with the technical
support and resources to launch successful small businesses.
In 2017, we launched Food Biz 101 with CommonWealth
Kitchen and Goodwin. This unique food business accelerator
allows entrepreneurs to go from concept to kitchen in three
Celebrating our 20th anniversary in 2021, LCR | BizGrow months — providing legal, business, and food production
provides free legal assistance, business support, and technical support.
assistance to minority, immigrant, and women business In 2018, in response to natural gas explosions in the
owners—ensuring they encounter fewer obstacles and more Merrimack Valley, particularly in Lawrence, BizGrow
opportunities. immediately addressed the needs of affected and displaced
Our innovative programs to meet the needs of diverse small businesses joining forces with Ropes & Gray to provide
entrepreneurs include: free legal representation, technical free legal support to help stabilize the community. BizGrow
assistance, and workshops for small business owners on rapidly mobilized pro bono attorneys to help dozens of
subjects such as entity formation, contracts, taxes, leases, and struggling small businesses to recover.
intellectual property. In 2018, we also launched the BizGrow Conference in
We started BizGrow (then known as the Economic Justice partnership with Suffolk University Law School, Goodwin,
Project) in 2001. The program was initiated by Laurie Hauber, Latham & Watkins, Nixon Peabody, and other Member
with instrumental support from Scott Harshbarger, and Firms. This unique one-day event provides a one-stop shop
was inspired by the successful model created by our sister for entrepreneurs to attend over 20 legal and technical
organization, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the workshops and to meet with volunteer attorneys for private
San Francisco Bay Area. With the significant commitment one-on-one consultations about their specific business needs.
of many of LCR’s Member Firms and Board of Directors Serving hundreds of entrepreneurs in one day — and featured
— particularly Anna Dodson (Goodwin), Susan Mazur in the Boston Business Journal and Bay State Banner —
(WilmerHale/ Latham & Watkins), John Regier (Mintz), this uplifting pro bono and community engagement is now
and Scott Harshbarger (Casner & Edwards), along with BizGrow’s flagship annual event.
several community partners — the project served over 500 In 2019, we undertook a comprehensive strategic branding
entrepreneurs in its first year alone. and messaging process focused on strengthening our identity,
Through generous support from The Boston Foundation more effectively articulating what we do, and better engaging
and donors such as the family of LCR’s co-founder Gaspard the small business community. Many allies and community
D’Andelot Belin, the project has steadily grown to serve more partners — such as the Black Economic Council of
entrepreneurs across the Commonwealth. Staffed by dedicated Massachusetts (BECMA), Amplify Latinx, CommonWealth
attorneys, including Priya Lane, Jessica Sommer, Sarah Kitchen, Ujima Project, Boston Impact Initiative, E for
Gautier, Alexa Marin, and Gerald Glover, we have developed All / E Para Todos, Local Initiatives Support Coalition
innovative strategies and programs, and built a reputation as (LISC), The Massachusetts Association of Community
a leading hub for economic justice and entrepreneurship. Our Development Corporations (MACDC), Massachusetts
impact has grown significantly in recent years. Growth Capital Corporation (MGCC), Local Enterprise
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Assistance Fund (LEAF), Ascendus, The Foundation for
Business Equity, Mill Cities Community Investment, The
Lawrence Partnership, Coalition for an Equitable Economy,
and the Massachusetts Small Business Development
Center Network (MSBDC) — helped us to shape a more
striking and memorable vision of who we are and what we
are achieving. To harness this powerful momentum, we
successfully relaunched and rebranded our Economic Justice
Project as LCR | BizGrow.
Today, we continue to expand our work fighting for an
equitable system for businesses of color joining forces with Goodwin is proud
BECMA, Amplify Latinx, and the Greater Boston Latino
Network to file a landmark Title VI Complaint with the U.S. to sponsor LCR’s
Department of Justice challenging the City of Boston’s anemic
rates of contracting with minority-owned businesses. Similar annual civil rights
work is now underway in Worcester.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, BizGrow played celebration and
a leading role in launching the COVID-19 Relief Coalition in
partnership with Ropes & Gray, Goodwin, Brown Rudnick, the small business
Cooley, Dechert, Duane Morris, Fish & Richardson, Foley
Hoag, Foley & Lardner, Goulston & Storrs, Kirkland & Ellis, conference
Mintz, Morgan Lewis, Nelson Mullins, Nixon Peabody,
Nutter, and WilmerHale to provide rapid-response legal We support LCR’s mission of
assistance to small businesses, helping them weather the championing racial and economic
storm of the pandemic. This life-changing work was recognized justice, and congratulate Quincy Miller
by the Boston Bar Association with the prestigious Beacon as this year’s annual civil rights
Award in January 2021. celebration honoree.
Growing wealth in historically disadvantaged communities
is a critical civil rights issue. For 20 years, BizGrow has helped
to close the wealth gap by fueling equitable economic growth
and increasing access to economic justice. Today, we actively
work with more than 1,000 entrepreneurs a year to ensure
that they continue to have the resources they need to succeed
across our Commonwealth.
This is business law for the public good. goodwinlaw.com
This is economic justice in action.
This is LCR | BizGrow.
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Founders’ Award
Lawyers for Civil Rights was founded in 1968 by a group
of leading members of the Boston bar at President John
F. Kennedy’s request and in support of the Civil Rights
Movement. The founders were forward-thinking individuals
who contributed greatly to the furtherance of social justice in
Massachusetts and inspired subsequent generations of civil
rights attorneys. The founders are:
Frank I. Michelman Livingston Hall
Hon. David S. Nelson Samuel Hoar
James D. St. Clair James Vorenberg
Richard L. Banks Hon. Paul J. Liacos
G. d’Andelot Belin Hans F. Loeser
Hon. Frederick L. Brown William F. Looney, Jr.
Theodore Chase
In 2013, on the occasion of our 45th anniversary, Lawyers for
Civil Rights established the Founders’ Award in recognition
of the pivotal role that our founders played in championing Proud to support the critical work of
LAWYERS FOR
civil rights and laying the groundwork for the ongoing work of
challenging discrimination in Massachusetts. The award is to
be given to individuals “for carrying on the pioneering efforts
CIVIL RIGHTS
of the organization’s founders through extraordinary career
contributions to enhancing social and economic justice.”
In choosing Eastern Bank’s Quincy Miller to receive this
special award, we honor his visionary leadership on issues of
diversity, inclusion, and community engagement. and celebrate BizGrow’s 20 years
of service to small businesses.
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18Quincy Miller Quincy Miller is Vice Chair and President of Eastern Bank. Eastern
Bank is a full service commercial and retail bank with $15.0 billion in
total assets and over 100 banking and insurance locations serving
communities in eastern Massachusetts, southern and coastal New
Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Quincy spends his time focused on
helping lead the overall strategic direction of Eastern, which has
served its customers, colleagues and communities for over 200 years.
Quincy is the former President of Citizens Bank, Massachusetts, and
President of its Business Banking division. He started his career in
consumer banking, where he developed his passion for “leading from
the front line” ensuring that his perspective continues to be guided by
colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Quincy is committed to supporting the communities where he lives
and works with a focus on equity and youth. He is a founding member
of The New Commonwealth Racial Equity & Social Justice Fund. He
also serves on the Board of Directors for The Boys and Girls Club of
Boston, The Bottom Line, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA, NACD New
England, The Alliance for Business Leadership, and The Greater
Boston YMCA Board of Overseers, Board Emeritus of The Greater
Boston Food Bank and The Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts.
He has been recognized in the community as an inaugural member
of the GK100 “Most Influential People of Color in Boston” by Get
Konnected, and early in his career by the Boston Business Journal
as “40 Under 40” and more recently as a “Power 50 Most Influential
and Impactful Leader in Boston.” In 2020, Quincy was honored at
the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast with the MLK 50th
Anniversary Award for his commitment to Diversity & Inclusion that
expresses Dr. King’s commitment to justice and equity.
Quincy is a graduate of Lafayette College, where he earned a B.A. in
Economics and Business, and of the Consumer Bankers Association’s
Executive Banking School. Having graduated from the school early in
his career, he is now proud to serve on the National Board of Directors
for the Consumer Bankers Association.
Quincy and his wife, Jenna, have two children.
Founders’ Award
20 21Keeper of the
Flame Award
Rosa Parks sparked the Civil Rights Movement on December 1,
1955, when she refused to yield her seat to a white passenger
on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. What followed was the
legendary drive to defeat Jim Crow segregation practices
mintz.com across the country.
The flame that was sparked by Rosa Parks’ activism
transformed the nation. Today, we honor leaders who continue
to keep the flame of activism, transformation, and justice
Fewer Obstacles, burning brightly. We are proud to honor Segun Idowu and the
Black Economic Council of Massachusetts (BECMA) with
More Opportunities this award for their action oriented commitment to supporting
small businesses.
We are proud to support
Lawyers for Civil Rights
and to join in celebrating the
20th anniversary of LCR | BizGrow.
Our thanks to honoree
Quincy Miller,
President of Eastern Bank.
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23Segun Idowu A lifelong resident of Boston, Segun Idowu is a proud product of the
Boston Public Schools. Following his graduation from Boston Latin
Academy, he earned his Bachelor of Arts in History at Morehouse
College in Atlanta, Georgia and honors from the Phi Beta Kappa and
Golden Key Societies.
In August 2014, Segun organized the Boston Police Camera Action
Team (BPCAT) with his colleague, Shekia Scott. BPACT’s mission was
to further accountability and safety in Boston through the mandatory
use of police body-worn cameras. As a result of their efforts, Boston
began a yearlong mandatory body-worn camera pilot program
and policy in September 2016. In 2018, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh
announced a $2 million investment in a permanent citywide body-worn
camera program.
In 2018, Segun was elected to serve as the 1st Vice President for the
Boston chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP), the first chapter of the oldest civil rights
advocacy organization in the nation. In this role, he managed the much
heralded and research intensive report card project that assessed the
city’s efforts and results in addressing systemic racial disparities.
In 2019, Segun stepped off the NAACP board to join the board of the
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Massachusetts and focus on
other board obligations at Mass Budget and Policy Center, Southwest
Boston CDC, New Leaders Council (NLC), and the Roxbury YMCA. He
also advises initiatives at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and the
Metropolitan Area Planning Council.
Segun currently serves as the President and CEO of the Black
Economic Council of Massachusetts, Inc. (BECMA), the chief advocacy
organization for Black businesses across the Commonwealth.
BECMA represents the over 2,000 Black firms that employ 17,000
Massachusetts residents and generate over $1.9 billion in annual
revenue. In April 2020 and 2021, Boston Magazine recognized Segun
as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the City of Boston.” In
July 2020, the Boston Globe recognized him on the front page of their
Sunday edition as a “Man of the Moment” for his work in ramping
up BECMA’s efforts to advocate for and direct resources to Black
Keeper of the businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Globe also
honored him as a “Bostonian of the Year” later that December.
Flame Award
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of Massachusetts (BECMA)
In 2015, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston published
its “Color of Wealth in Boston” report detailing the ever-
widening racial wealth gap. This report was released
against the backdrop of a massive building boom in
the city, the third in its 400-year history. Researchers
discovered that the median net worth of Black Bostonians
was only $8.00, compared to $247,500, the median net
worth of white Bostonians.
This alarming figure prompted almost 1,000 Black
residents to fill the Prince Hall auditorium in Dorchester
where the community discussed how best to respond to
this crisis.
Following meetings that occurred in the aftermath of this
gathering, key business leaders formed BECMA, or the
Black Economic Council of Massachusetts, Inc., to build
on the momentum and enact tangible solutions to reverse
the trend of depreciating Black wealth in the city.
BECMA founders know that Black businesses are one
of the primary drivers of Black wealth and employment.
That’s why the organization exists to advocate specifically
for Black businesses across the Commonwealth.
Keeper of the
Flame Award
26 27“Nothing can stop
the power of a committed ROPES & GRAY
and determined people is proud to support the
to make a difference Lawyers for Civil Rights
in our society.” 2021 Annual Reception
–John Lewis We congratulate this year’s honoree:
Quincy Miller
WilmerHale is proud to support
President of Eastern Bank
the Lawyers for Civil Rights’ Civil Rights Reception.
Congratulations to LCR for 20 years of supporting small
businesses and promoting equal justice, and honoree
Quincy Miller, President of Eastern Bank.
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Ropes & Gray
Directors Steve Churchill Paul Holtzman Monica R. Shah
Fair Work, PC Krokidas & Bluestein LLP Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein
Co-Chairs Christopher Clark William A. Horne Robert H. Smith
Lisa J. Pirozzolo Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Suffolk University Law School
WilmerHale John Lozada
Juan A. Concepción Committee for Public Jessica L. Soto
Inez H. Friedman-Boyce Boston Scientific Corporation Counsel Services Ropes & Gray LLP
HarborOne Bancorp, Inc.
Linda M. Davidson Matthew R. Lynch Laura Steinberg
The Davidson Law Practice Nixon Peabody LLP Sullivan
Treasurer
Loretta R. Richard Wayne F. Dennison Robyn S. Maguire Colin G. Van Dyke
Ropes & Gray LLP Brown Rudnick LLP Barnes & Thornburg Anderson & Kreiger LLP
Anna E. Dodson Eric J. Marandett Tracey West
Clerk/Secretary Goodwin Procter LLP Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP WilmerHale
Yalonda T. Howze
Thomas J. Dougherty Daniel Marx David Zimmer
Codiak Biosciences Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Fick & Marx LLP Goodwin Procter LLP
Tiffanie C. Ellis-Niles Susan L. Mazur
Directors Lyles and Niles LLP Latham & Watkins LLP Emeritus
Melissa Allison
Anderson & Kreiger LLP Vinita Ferrera Mathilda McGee-Tubb Richard M. Bluestein
WilmerHale Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris,
James K. Brown
Neil Austin Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Foley Hoag LLP Rory FitzPatrick Judith Olans Brown
Cetrulo LLP Neil V. McKittrick
Joseph D. Feaster
Steven M. Ayr Ogletree, Deakins, Nash,
Casner & Edwards Ana M. Francisco Smoak & Stewart, P.C. Daniel J. Gleason
Foley & Lardner LLP
Hugh R. Jones, Jr.
Richard Belin James L. Messenger
Megan Gates Gordon Rees Scully Scott P. Lewis
Nikolas Bowie Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Mansukhani LLP
Frank I. Michelman
Harvard Law School Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Jody L. Newman Cornilius J. Moynihan Jr.
David G. Bowman David S. Godkin Boston Law Collaborative, LLC
Richard A. Soden
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Birnbaum & Godkin LLP
Alexa H. O’Keefe John Taylor “Ike” Williams
Natasha Z. Boye Angela Gomes Goulston & Storrs
Harvey J. Wolkoff
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Kenneth J. Parsigian
Donna M. Brewer Stephen Hall Latham & Watkins LLP
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DIVERSITY IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION
According to the ABA,
Founders Diversity
86% of all lawyers are White,
in the legal
less than 5% are Black,
only 5% are Latinx,
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only 2% are Asian,
only 2% are Multiracial, and
Laurie Hauber less than 37% are Female.
Anna Dodson
Susan Mazur
John Regier
Scott Harshbarger
Belin Family
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32 BOSTONSponsors & Supporters
Underwriters ($25,000) Leadership Circle ($2,000+)
» Blue Cross Blue Shield » Locke Lord
» Eastern Bank of Massachusetts » Neil Austin
» FairWork » Boston Society of Vulcans » Ogletree, Deakins, Nash,
» Nixon Peabody » DLA Piper Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Honorary Circle ($10,000+) » Eos Foundation » Pierce Atwood
» Eric Marandett » Ruberto, Israel & Weiner, P.C.
» Brown Rudnick » Monica Shah &
Anil Seetharam » Goulston & Storrs » Schott Foundation for
» Colin & Olivia Public Education
» Jenny Rikoski
Van Dyke » Morgan Lewis » The Nellie Mae
» Jessica Soto
» Foley Hoag » Ropes & Gray Education Foundation
» Jody Newman »
» Goodwin » Scott Lewis The Boston Foundation
» Ken Parsigian
» Harbor One Bank » State Street
Champions ($1,000)
» Lisa Pirozzolo & » WilmerHale
» Archstone Law Group » Matthew McTygue
Chris Goddu
» Bob & Beth Smith » Nikolas Bowie
» MA Association
» Debo Adegbile » Stephen Hall
of Minority Law
Enforcement Officers » Janeth Moreno » Steve Grossman
(MAMLEO) » Lawson & Weitzen » Sugarman Rogers
» Barshak & Cohen
Linda Davidson
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Local Enterprise
» Anderson & Kreiger » Loretta Richard Assistance Fund (LEAF) » Yalonda Howze
» Anna Dodson » Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, » Mathilda McGee-Tubb
» Glovsky and Popeo
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Timeline & Case History
Within a year of filing, and planning processes Haitian-Americans
the facility population in Boston. The complaint United v. Trump
dropped from a capacity resulted in a landmark Lawsuit filed on behalf of
of over 200 individuals agreement between the Haitian-Americans Unit-
to less than 10. Lawsuit City and HUD promoting ed, Centro Presente, the
2021 Greenroots 2020 served as a blueprint language access and Chelsea Collaborative,
20 Years of BizGrow v. EPA Pandemic Relief for for COVID-19 litigation community engagement and the Brazilian Worker
BizGrow celebrates 20 Lawsuit filed with Green- Small Businesses across the country. in future planning and Center challenging Pres-
years of building wealth roots and Conservation Co-led the creation of development. ident Trump’s exclusion
in low-income commu- Law Foundation chal- the Covid Relief Coali- Bertin of undocumented resi-
nities, serving over 1000 lenging EPA’s interpreta- tion, the Coalition for an v. Galvin Cruz dents from the congres-
small businesses a year. tion of Title VI. Equitable Economy, and Filed a landmark emer- v. C&W Facilities sional apportionment
Small Business Strong gency SJC petition on Services base following Census
Vaccine Equity & Justice Pandemic Relief to provide free legal behalf of Black, Latinx, Successful race and reli- 2020. The memorandum
Collaborating with for Tenants and Workers assistance to hundreds and Asian-American gion discrimination case was rescinded by Pres-
medical providers and In response to housing of struggling small voters, as well as Com- on behalf of an immi- ident Biden in January
community organiza- instability, launched a businesses during the mon Cause and Mass- grant janitorial worker at 2021.
tions to address racial pro bono initiative to pandemic. VOTE, to compel the Logan Airport.
disparities in COVID-19 connect hundreds of Commonwealth to send New York
vaccine access. families with emergency George Floyd applications for mail-in NSTAR Title VI v. Trump
rental assistance (RAFT) In response to George ballots to all registered Complaint Supreme Court amicus
BECMA and unemployment Floyd’s murder, filed voters, as specified in an Filed Title VI complaint brief in support of enjoin-
v. City of Boston benefits. complaints on behalf of emergency elections law on behalf of GreenRoots ing President Trump’s
Title VI Complaint filed Black men and women passed at the height of with Conservation Law memorandum excluding
with DOJ to address Worcester Interfaith racially profiled by local the COVID-19 pandemic. Foundation regarding undocumented people
racial disparities in Bos- v. City of Worcester and state police. the state’s refusal to from the congressional
ton’s public contracts Federal Voting Rights Commonwealth provide meaningful apportionment base
on behalf of BECMA, Act lawsuit filed on be- Cofield v. Long language access. EPA following Census 2020.
Amplify Latinx, and the half of Black and Latinx v. McDonald Amicus resulting in launched a probe of the The memorandum was
Greater Boston Latino voters in Worcester, Taxpayer lawsuit chal- major state criminal law MA Office of Energy and rescinded by President
Network. challenging an all “at lenging entanglement reform providing victims Environmental Affairs to Biden in January 2021.
large” method of electing and 287(g) contracts of racial profiling with assess their compliance
Boston school committee mem- between local sheriffs opportunities to chal- with federal civil rights Martin
Parents Coalition bers as illegally diluting and immigration officials. lenge the legality of race- law. v. Rollins
v. BPS the vote of communities based traffic stops. Amicus brief on the
Successful intervention of color. Juarez Henry importance of filming
with NAACP Boston v. SoFi Morgan v. Needham police officers. This right
Branch, Greater Bos- Redistricting Class action challenging v. Boston Police Represented Black father was upheld by the First
ton Latino Network, Launched Democra- discriminatory policy of Department of four, who was hand- Circuit.
Asian American Re- tizing Redistricting to denying DACA recipients Successful case on cuffed in broad daylight
source Workshop, and ensure that the redis- access to loans. behalf of a Black man on a main street because Hernandez v. Strega
Asian-Pacific Islander tricting process is fair, improperly bypassed by police falsely believed he Favorable settlement
Civic Action Network in equitable, transparent, Savino BPD. Client is now in the was a shoplifter. Town of on behalf of Latina who
lawsuit concerning the and community driven. v. Souza police academy. Needham launched an was sexually harassed
admissions policy for Coordinated efforts with First-of-its-kind class internal affairs investiga- while working in upscale
Boston’s exam schools. the Drawing Democracy action filed on behalf of Suffolk Downs tion and hired an inde- restaurant.
Coalition. immigration detainees Successful Title VI com- pendent investigator.
held in overcrowded and plaint on behalf of Green-
unsanitary conditions at Roots and City Life/
the Bristol County House Vida Urbana with HUD
of Correction during alleging national origin
COVID-19 pandemic. discrimination in zoning40 41
Health Disparities Mussotte allowing all residents Chelsea Collaborative to Dep’t of Commerce October 18 as Civil Rights
Expanded Medical-Le- v. Peyser to participate in select- block civil immigration v. New York and Economic Justice
gal Partnership to MGH In response to major ing the new electoral arrests in and around Amicus brief filed in U.S. Day in Boston. At our
health centers in Chel- lawsuit brought on behalf system. Massachusetts court- Supreme Court arguing 50th Anniversary Gala,
sea, Everett, Revere and of low-income students houses. Lawsuit served against inclusion of a Anita Hill called for na-
Charlestown. and students of color Gregory as a blueprint for similar citizenship question on tional and legal solutions
challenging discrimina- v. Commonwealth cases nationally. the 2020 Census. Brief to sexual harassment
MFHC tory and unequal Massa- Class action complaint focused on the impor- and violence.
v. HUD chusetts school funding challenging over- African Communities tance of the Adminis-
Secured nationwide formula, state enacted ly-stringent background Together v. Trump trative Procedure Act to Finley
injunction against HUD landmark Student Op- regulations by the MA Case on behalf of Liberi- communities of color and v. Lexington
preserving disparate portunity Act providing Department of Early an nationals who are the low-income communi- Successfully settled a
impact protections of the largest investment in Education and Care, beneficiaries of Deferred ties as a check on illegal discrimination lawsuit on
the Fair Housing Act on public education in de- which impose a lifetime Enforced Departure agency action. behalf of a Black female
behalf of the MA Fair cades. The Act resulted ban on childcare work for (DED), a humanitari- METCO social worker
Housing Center and in millions of dollars flow- juvenile offenses, many an program which the Census Advocacy who was unlawfully ter-
Housing Works. ing to low-income school decades-old, and have Trump Administration Launched multi-pronged minated after advocating
districts. a disparate impact on sought to terminate in campaign to ensure a for the students of color
Students for Fair employees of color. violation of Equal Pro- full and accurate Census in the school district.
Admissions v. Harvard Washington tection. Hours before our count, including a multi-
Represented multi-ra- v. DHS IIIC v. Cuccinelli preliminary injunction lingual Census Hotline. Centro Presente
cial group of students Amicus brief filed on Lawsuit filed to stop motion was set to be v. Trump
in landmark trial to behalf of healthcare pro- the recission of medical heard in federal court, Amazon Class Action First lawsuit filed in the
support Harvard’s viders across the country deferred action program the Trump Administra- Nationwide class action country to save Tempo-
use of race-conscious challenging the Trump which allows immi- tion backed down and filed on behalf of Black rary Protected Status
admissions. Federal Administration’s “public grants being treated for extended the program. and Latinx former Am- (TPS), humanitarian pro-
court ruled in our favor, charge” rule. Favorable life-threatening con- azon drivers who were tection for Salvadoran,
upholding Harvard’s decision extensively ditions to be protected Figueroa suddenly terminated Honduran and Haitian
admissions process, and cited the amicus. The from removal. Adminis- v. Boston Police Dep’t based on an overly strin- immigrants. Affected in-
the ruling was affirmed Biden Administration tration backed down and Race discrimination case gent background check dividuals and community
by the First Circuit. subsequently announced reversed the recission filed by civilian women policy, which included groups allege that TPS
that it will not enforce the after lawsuit filed. of color against BPD, old and minor offenses, termination was racially
2019 “public charge” rule. identifying a pattern and and disproportionately motivated and discrimi-
LCR | BizGrow Centro Presente practice of failing to pro- affected people of color. natory.
Rebranded our Huot v. McAleenan mote candidates of color
Economic Justice Proj- v. City of Lowell Federal litigation filed and a discriminatory 2018 Coleman
ect as LCR | BizGrow Successfully settled in Washington, DC., to distribution of overtime 50th Anniversary & v. City of Boston
landmark federal voting stop the Trump Ad- hours. Name Change to Lawyers In response to #Black-
Baker rights lawsuit filed on ministration’s dramatic for Civil Rights LivesMatter, lawsuit filed
v. MA Trial Court behalf of Asian-Ameri- expansion of “expe- Commonwealth Celebrated our 50th on behalf of a mother
MCAD complaint filed on can and Latinx residents dited removal,” which v. Espinal anniversary and re- whose son—an unarmed
behalf of a Black female of Lowell, which charged eliminates due process Amicus brief filed in the branded as Lawyers for Black young man with
court officer who was that city’s at-large for immigrants facing Supreme Judicial Court Civil Rights. The U.S. a disability—was fatally
improperly disciplined electoral system illegally deportation. successfully arguing Congress marked this shot by the Boston Police
at work after reporting a diluted the votes of peo- that jurors should be landmark occasion with Department.
colleague for calling her ple of color. Settlement Ryan asked about bias against a Congressional Reso-
the N-word. requires city to change to v. ICE non-English speakers lution honoring our 50 K.O. v. Sessions
a more fair and equitable Groundbreaking federal during voir dire. years of impactful work. Emergency petitions
system, accompanied by lawsuit filed on behalf The Boston City Council filed in response to
a robust public educa- of prosecutors, public issued a resolution hon- family separation crisis
tion campaign in English, defenders, and commu- oring Lawyers for Civil to secure the release and
Spanish and Khmer, nity groups including the Rights and declaring reunification of children42 43
torn apart from their 2017 Lawyers’ Committee Court upheld the policy, Doe City of Brockton
families at the border. Romero et al. v. Hodgson affirming use of race as v. Peyser v. Energy Facilities
Filed the first national v. McCormick & Successful lawsuit to one of many factors in Intervention filed on Siting Board
class action seeking Schmick’s compel disclosure of college admissions. behalf of students of Filed an environmen-
damages on behalf of In response to #MeToo, records related to Bristol color, students with tal justice amicus brief
separated children. Suit filed sexual harassment County sheriff’s enforce- Lawyers’ Committee disabilities, and English challenging decision to
seeks creation of des- lawsuit on behalf of five ment of federal immigra- v. Evans language learners in locate a power plant in a
ignated fund to address low-wage Latina work- tion law. Within hours of Successful lawsuit to support of retaining minority community.
the mental health conse- ers against a national filing the complaint, the compel the Boston Massachusetts’ charter
quences of separation. restaurant chain, alleg- sheriff apologized and Police to release records school cap. The SJC 2013
ing a hostile work envi- released records. concerning the racial im- upheld the constitution- Pulido
Pilot v. Brookline ronment filled with lewd pact of its employment ality of the charter cap, v. National Grid
Successfully settled behavior and unwanted Lawyers’ Committee practices. At a time of preserving vital resourc- Successfully represented
discrimination lawsuit touching. v. Spence growing tension between es for traditional public Filipino electrical worker
filed by two Black police Public records lawsuit police and communities schools. in employment discrim-
officers in the Brookline City of Chelsea filed with the SJC to of color, the data was the ination matter against
Police Department. v. Trump compel the Massa- subject of intense public 2015 National Grid.
Federal lawsuit filed on chusetts Trial Court to scrutiny concerning the Defay
Rivas behalf of Chelsea and release information on its lack of diversity in the v. Boston Police 2012
v. Bristol County Sheriff Lawrence, challenging employment practices. police force. MCAD found that Boston NAACP
Damages action against the constitutionality of Police discriminated v. Galvin
the Bristol County President Trump’s Ex- 2016 Airbnb against Black recruits in Challenge to the Com-
Sheriff filed on behalf of ecutive Order targeting Boston Latin School Urged HUD to investi- its Training Academy. monwealth’s failure to
immigrant father who sanctuary cities. The suit Complaint gate Airbnb’s compli- MCAD ordered Boston offer voter registration
was unlawful detained helped to preserve feder- Federal civil rights com- ance with civil rights Police to “cease and de- opportunities to public
and denied bail based al funding and to protect plaint requesting that the laws, citing research sist” from discriminatory assistance recipients, in
solely on his immigration local control over law U.S. Attorney investi- showing that Airbnb conduct and to reinstate violation of the National
status. enforcement priorities. gate racial harassment renters with distinctively and compensate affected Voter Registration Act.
at Boston Latin School. Black names are 16% less individual. Commonwealth agreed
Sexual Harassment BizGrow Conference U.S. Attorney found that likely to be accepted by to policy changes and
Settlement Launched signature BLS violated federal hosts than other rent- 2014 ongoing monitoring, en-
Successfully settled sex- event, connecting more law by failing to ade- ers. In response, Airbnb Not Measuring Up – franchising thousands of
ual harassment charge than 200 entrepreneurs quately respond to racial took immediate steps to School Discipline Report low-income individuals.
at MCAD brought by with free legal and busi- harassment, and the eliminate discrimination Published groundbreak-
Latina immigrant against ness support. City of Boston agreed to by hosts against minority ing report analyzing Ortiz
wholesale food prepara- take steps to improve the renters. Massachusetts school v. Boston
tion company in Everett. Cook racial climate at BLS. discipline data and Children’s Hospital
v. Mystic Valley Regional School finding that students Employment discrimi-
Finklea Charter School Fisher Discipline Toolkit of color, students with nation case challenging
v. City of Boston Represented Black v. Univ. of Texas at Released toolkit to ed- disabilities, and char- wrongful termination
Secured favorable students in successful Austin ucate teachers, admin- ter school students of Latina health care
Suffolk Superior Court challenge to school’s Amicus brief filed on istrators, students and are disproportionately workers. Case resulted in
decision addressing the discriminatory hair behalf of prominent na- parents about school suspended, particularly favorable settlement, in-
practice of police depart- policy, which banned hair tional empirical scholars disciplinary policies and for minor misbehav- cluding a bilingual public
ments using overly strin- extensions and other in a case concerning alternatives to suspen- ior, bringing national apology.
gent background checks hairstyles worn dispro- the use of a race-based sions, in order to improve attention to disparities in
to bar qualified minority portionately by students admissions policy at the school discipline and school discipline rates.
candidates from employ- of color. Univ. of Texas at Austin, combat race and disabil-
ment opportunities. arguing that the “mis- ity related disparities in
match” theory espoused suspension rates.
by affirmative action
opponents is flawed. The44 45
2010 hostile work environ- 2003 2002 1999 1996
Bonds ment and was wrongfully Grutter Amicus Brief South Boston Betterment Jane Doe Barrett
v. Boston School terminated. Co-authored amicus Trust Corporation v. Boston Housing v. Danca Realty World
Committee brief filed by the Boston v. Boston Redevelopment Authority Housing discrimination
Successful employment 2005 Bar Ass’n. and leading Authority Class action lawsuit case at the MCAD result-
discrimination case on Arise for Social Justice Boston law firms in the Filed amicus brief to against the Boston ed in a $60,000 award
behalf of a Black teacher v. City of Springfield U.S. Supreme Court in ensure that community Housing Authority for for emotional distress,
at Boston Latin School Successfully challenged support of affirmative benefits derived from failing to protect minority the largest amount ever
who received less de- Springfield’s “at-large” action in admissions to Seaport District devel- tenants from chron- awarded at that time.
sirable teaching assign- election system, which the Univ. of Michigan opment were equitably ic, racially-motivated
ments than less-quali- diluted minority voting Law School. distributed to minority violence and harassment Mak v. Fall River Housing
fied White teachers. power in violation of the neighborhoods. at historically White Authority
Voting Rights Act. Comfort housing developments. Successfully represent-
EEOC v. Lynn School Mayor of Cambridge Case resulted in HUD’s ed Cambodian tenants
v. Autozone 2004 Committee v. Secretary of the first-ever finding of against the Fall River
Successfully represent- Alshrafi Filed amicus brief, Commonwealth “systemic discrimina- Housing Authority, which
ed a Sikh employee, who v. American Airlines along with the NAACP, Filed amicus brief with tion,” and the Housing failed to protect them
faced religious discrimi- Federal court ruled that successfully defending the SJC to protect Authority agreed to a from racial violence and
nation. the Airline Deregulation Lynn’s voluntary school several majority African- $1.5 million settlement, harassment.
Act did not preempt a desegregation plan American State House including adoption of a
2008 discrimination claim by against a constitutional districts. “zero-tolerance policy” 1993
Amara an Arab-American pas- attack. for racial harassment. McDuffy
v. Fairmont Copley Plaza senger who was barred 2001 v. Secretary of the
Successfully represent- from a flight after 9/11. Jones Established Economic 1998 Executive Office of
ed seven Moroccan and v. City of Boston Justice Project Lawyers’ Committee Education
Muslim employees of the Black Political Task Landmark legal chal- In its first year, the participated in the for- SJC struck down
Fairmont Copley Plaza Force lenge to a discriminatory project provided free mation of the Fair Hous- Massachusetts’ public
Hotel who faced religious v. Galvin and unreliable hair test legal support to over 250 ing Center of Greater school financing system,
and national origin dis- Federal court struck used by the City of Bos- small businesses and Boston. which relied heavily on
crimination. down the 2001 State ton to determine drug entrepreneurs. local property taxes
House redistricting plan use. In 2014, the First Thornton and resulted in gross
2006 for 17 districts serving Circuit ruled that the hair Morris v. City of v. Amtrak disparities between
Bradley v. City of Lynn Boston, and enjoined test disproportionately Lawrence Employment discrimina- districts. SJC ruled that
Intervened on behalf of the Commonwealth affects Black officers. In a Federal court enjoined tion class action lawsuit Massachusetts has a
the NAACP and the Bos- from holding elections companion case, the MA the City of Lawrence on behalf of minority duty under the state con-
ton Society of Vulcans to for those seats until the Civil Service Commission from implementing a track workers resulting in stitution to provide an
challenge discriminatory court approved a new found in 2013 that the voter ID policy that would a $16 million settlement adequate education for
civil service exams for plan. Court found that hair test is scientifically have discouraged Lati- and systemic changes in all children, regardless of
police and firefighter jobs the state plan violated unreliable and required nos from voting. hiring, training, promo- the wealth of their local
in twenty communities. Section 2 of the Voting Boston Police to rein- tion, and discipline. communities.
In a settlement, the state Rights Act, resulted in state six officers. 2000
agreed to offer back pay “extreme” packing of Mendes 1997 Bennett
and jobs to 66 minority the 6th Suffolk district, Health Disparities v. Sullivan Julks v. City of Boston
candidates who took the and improperly stripped Project Successfully represented v. Neptune Towers Federal lawsuit on behalf
discriminatory exams. minority voters out of Established Health Dis- a Cape Verdean couple Successful lawsuit of families challenging
the 11th and 12th Suffolk parities Project centered who were assaulted against federally -subsi- unlawful searches and
EEOC v. Home Depot districts. on Medical-Legal Part- and had their property dized housing develop- seizures by police during
Successfully represent- nership with Massachu- vandalized by White ment that maintained a the Carol Stuart murder
ed a Black employee who setts General Hospital in neighbors. pattern and practice of investigation.
experienced a racially Chelsea. discrimination.46 47
1992 1987 Hispanic Parents NAACP 1974 1963
Culbreath Thong Lim Advisory Council v. HUD Morgan On June 21, 1963,
v. BayBanks v. Somerville Housing v. City of Holyoke Class action lawsuit v. Hennigan President John F.
BayBanks agreed to an Authority School desegregation challenging the discrimi- Federal court ordered Kennedy and Attorney
$11 million settlement in Federal class action case in Holyoke, result- natory use of HUD funds the Boston Public General Robert F.
a lawsuit over its indirect lawsuit against the ing in a favorable settle- disbursed to Boston, Schools to desegregate Kennedy met with
home improvement fi- Somerville Housing ment including bilingual resulting in a favorable in 1974, a landmark de- 244 leading American
nancing program, which Authority for its failure to and special education settlement. cision upheld by the U.S. lawyers in the White
used illegal sales tactics protect minority tenants plans. Supreme Court. House.
to lure homeowners in from racial violence and MAMLEO The President and Attor-
communities of color to harassment. 1979 v. Boston Police 1970 ney General made a spe-
take out high interest Brown Challenged a discrimina- Published “The Quality cial appeal to mobilize
loans, in violation of Hispanic Parents v. City of Salem tory civil service exam for of Justice in the Low- the legal profession to
consumer protection and Advisory Council Successfully represented promotions to sergeant, er Criminal Courts of support the struggle for
civil rights laws. v. City of Lowell minority applicant who resulting in a consent de- Metropolitan Boston,” civil rights. The national
School desegregation was not hired as a police cree that led to the first a groundbreaking report Lawyers’ Committee for
1988 and bilingual education officer despite ranking permanent Boston Police that lead to systemic Civil Rights Under Law
At the Lawyers’ Commit- case in Lowell, resulting first on the civil service sergeants of color. The court reforms. was created.
tee’s 20th Anniversary, in a favorable settlement. exam. consent decree survived
Sen. Edward Kennedy a challenge as “reverse 1968
called for “a new abo- 1986 1978 discrimination” in MAM- The Lawyers’ Committee
litionist movement” to Established Fair Housing Latino Association for LEO v. Boston Police. A for Civil Rights Under
stamp out racism. Project Progress & Action court upheld the consent Law of the Boston Bar
v. Worcester Public decree’s extension to Association was formed
Black Political Task 1983 Schools lieutenants and captains in 1968 in the midst of
Force Latino Political Action Lawsuit to compel in Stuart v. Roache. riots and the assas-
v. Connelly Committee the Worcester Public sination of Dr. Martin
Federal court invalidated v. City of Boston Schools to provide equal Castro & NAACP Luther King, Jr., and the
the State House redis- Federal court invalidated educational opportu- v. Beecher findings of the Kerner
tricting plan based on Boston’s redistricting nities to children with Successfully challenged Commission report (con-
the 1985 state census for plan for violating the limited English proficien- discriminatory police and cluding that the nation
violating the “one per- constitutional princi- cy. Settled by a consent fire department hiring was “moving toward two
son, one vote” principle. ple of “one person, one decree. practices in communi- societies, one Black, one
First Latino state legis- vote,” under section 2 of ties across Massachu- White – separate and
lator elected from newly the Voting Rights Act. Latinos Unidos de setts, including Boston. unequal”). Funded with
created Boston district. Chelsea en Acción As a result of consent a grant from the Ford
1982 v. HUD decrees, there are now Foundation and contri-
NAACP Established Project to Challenged the disburse- hundreds of police offi- butions from Boston law
v. Boston Housing Combat Racial Violence ment of federal funds to cers and firefighters of firms, the Committee
Authority the City of Chelsea under color in Massachusetts. became the first of eight
Federal class action law- 1981 the 1974 Housing and independent affiliates
suit against the Boston Rendell-Baker Community Develop- of the national Lawyers’
Housing Authority for v. Kohn ment Act. Committee. President
maintaining racially seg- Represented several Kennedy’s vision of the
regated public housing. teachers at a private legal profession mobi-
special education school lizing its resources to
in Brookline. support progress in civil
rights came home to his
birthplace. Gaspard
D’Andelot “Don” Belin
served as the first Chair
of the Committee.MAKING Civil rights are
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